As guests filed past a taco truck humming with business and into Steven Wolf Fine Arts on a recent Thursday evening, it was clear that there would be no room for the Turk + Taylor runway show.

"Oh, we're moving venues," said Turk + Taylor's Andrew Soernsen calmly, less than an hour before the start of the show. A venue shift to the Guerrero Gallery across the street seemed a fitting twist for the first official fashion show from the local label. Designers Soernsen and Mark Lee Morris are known for embracing sartorial challenges, creating garments from defunct hot air balloons and Vietnam War-era parachutes.

"They do things that no one else does," said Liddy Parlato, a buyer for Mission shop Hangr16, which carries the label, along with Luna in Presidio Heights and Hayes Valley's Modern Appealing Clothing.

Started six years ago as a graphic T-shirt company, these days Turk + Taylor focuses on sustainable materials, including vintage fabric, linen, organic cotton and even sailcloth. "Sustainable doesn't just have to be organic. We love that these materials had a life of their own," says Morris of the upcycled textiles in the fall and spring collections.

Casually hip pieces for men and women came in a black, white and gray palette, including bold plaids and an abstract print derived from a photo Morris took of a Utah canyon. For spring, African prints inspired by Morris' time in Ghana stood out, as did tailored khaki jackets and an ethereal gown of parachute material that seemed to float down the runway. Said Parlato after seeing the gown, a favorite piece: "They get movement."